Concurrent Sessions — Monday, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM · 2015-07-08 · 66 JULY 26-28,2015 1066 OS...

652015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting Program

Concurrent Sessions — Monday, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

1064IP Guiding Investments in Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in Africa: New Research Evidence and Implications for PolicySalon 1, Lower B2 Level

Invited Paper / Track Session – International SectionThis invited paper session will highlight fresh evidence on three topics that are increasingly recognized as influencing the potential for sustainable agricultural intensification and productivity growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: 1) gender-differentiated determinants of adoption of interrelated agricultural technologies and practices and their impacts on farm productivity; 2) the rapid rise in medium-scale farmers, their impacts on the structure of African agriculture, and their effects on the potential for inclusive growth processes; and; 3) the rising impact of land rental market development in enhancing agricultural productivity and household well-being.

Organizers: Jordan Chamberlin, Michigan State University; Thomas Jayne, Michigan State University; Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Purdue University; Melinda Smale, Michigan State University

Moderator: John Mellor, John Mellor Associates, Inc

Discussant: William Masters, Tufts University

How does Gender Affect Sustainable Intensification of Cereal Production in Burkina Faso?Veronique Theriault, Michigan State University

Does the Dawn of the Emergent Farmer Imply the Twilight of the Smallholder? A Review of Recent Evidence from AfricaMilu Muyanga, Michigan State University

Rural Land Rental Markets and Household Welfare in Africa: A Synthesis of Recent Evidence from Kenya, Malawi and ZambiaJacob Ricker-Gilbert, Purdue University

1065OS Global Health: The Role of Pathogens and PestsSalon 2, Lower B2 Level

Organized Symposium – WAEAThis session will address the economic role of pathogens and pests in global health. Keynote speaker will be Dr. Terry McElwain, Regents Professor, Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University. Dr. McElwain is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and one of the nation’s leading scientists in the effort to link animal and human diseases. Dr. McEl-wain will focus on the interface between animal and human health with evidence from an ongoing household sampling platform near Kisumu Kenya operated in joint collaboration with scientists (including economists) from Washington State University, the Centers for Disease Control and the Kenyan Medical Research Institute. Additional followup speakers and discussants will address the economic role of plants in global health, human and veterinarian services, and the linkage of each to food consumption/nutrition and welfare.

Moderator: Thomas Marsh, Washington State University

Discussants: Michael Dicks, American Veterinary Medical Association; Thomas Marsh, Washington State University

Linking Human and Livestock Health: Evidence from Agro-pastoral Households in KenyaTerry McElwain, Washington State University

The Economic Role of Plants in Global HealthGeorge Frisvold, University of Arizona

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1066OS Forecasting Price Volatility for Policy AnalysisSalon 3, Lower B2 Level

Organized SymposiumOften applied economists are asked to forecast both price levels and the volatility around those estimates for policy analysis. For ex-ample, the price of futures options markets and governmentally provided revenue insurance depend upon volatility estimates. Simi-larly, the Congressional Budget Office is asked to predict the cost of programs over a 10-year period and the magnitude of assumed price volatility profoundly affects budget scores. This session will focus on our ability forecast such price volatilities.

Organizer: Keith Coble, Mississippi State University

Moderator: Roderick Rejesus, North Carolina State University

Discussant: Scott Irwin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Panelists: Keith Coble, Mississippi State University; Barry Goodwin, North Carolina State University; Patrick Westhoff, University of Missouri

1067 Food and Agricultural Marketing IISalon 4, Lower B2 Level

Selected Presentation – Lightning SessionThis session includes a diverse set of studies that are of interest to Food and Agricultural Marketing audience. Papers will discuss oli-gopoly power in food industries, welfare perceptions toward cow-calf perceptions, lamb check-off program, spatially integrated wheat markets, oil price regimes and biofuel markets, food purchase decisions of US households with children, supply chain patterns in specialty crop markets and Japanese consumer perception towards GM foods.

Moderator: Sven Anders, University of Alberta

Oligopoly Power in the Food Industries Revisited: A Stochastic Frontier ApproachRigoberto Lopez, University of Connecticut; Hualu Zheng, University of Connecticut; Azzeddine Azzam, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Similarities and Differences of Animal Welfare Perceptions between Cow-calf Producers and the US PublicMelissa McKendree, Kansas State University; Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University; Christopher Wolf, Michigan State University

Returns to Stakeholders from the American Lamb Checkoff Program: A Supply Chain AnalysisSomali Ghosh, Texas A&M University; Gary Williams, Texas A&M University

Bayesian Threshold Adjustment in Spatially Integrated Wheat MarketsDmytro Serebrennikov, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies; Linde Goetz, Leibniz-Institute for Agricultural Development in Middle and Eastern Europe

The Effect of Oil Price Regimes on Biofuel MarketsGetachew Nigatu, USDA-Economic Research Service; Kim Hjort, Economic Analysis Systems; James Hansen, USDA-Economic Research Service; Agapi Somwaru

Factors Affecting Food Purchase Decisions of US Households with Children across Food Retail Channels over the Period 1998-2013Senarath Dharmasena, Texas A&M University; Oral Capps, Jr., Texas A&M University

An Evaluation of Firm and Contract Characteristics Valued by Supply Chain Partners in Specialty Crop Marketing ChannelsMichael Barrowclough, Virginia Tech; Kathryn Boys, North Carolina State University; Carlos Carpio, Texas Tech University

Japanese Consumer Preferences toward GM Foods after the Great East Japan EarthquakeKayode Ajewole, Kansas State University; Koichi Yamaura, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Hikaru Hanawa Peterson, Kansas State University



1068SP Time Series Data and Analytics in the Agribusiness SectorSalon 5, Lower B2 Level

Selected PresentationPapers in the session propose econometric methods to address knotty data issues ranging from data aggregation to forecasting.

Moderator: Miao Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Efficiency Gains in Commodity Forecasting with High Volatility in Prices using Different Levels of Data AggregationLuis Pena-Levano, Purdue University; Octavio Ramirez, University of Georgia; Mario Renteria Pinon, University of Washington

Estimating US Crop Supply Model Elasticities Using PMP and Bayesian AnalysisMichael Hudak, Iowa State University

Do Analysts Forecast the Ending Stocks or the USDA Forecasts?Jinzhi Xiao, Iowa State University; Sergio Lence, Iowa State University; Chad Hart, Iowa State University

1069SP Decision Making Biases and Food ChoicesSalon 6, Lower B2 Level

Selected PresentationThis session focuses on how decision making influences food choice and health. Nutrition information, self-assessed health, commit-ment cost, and health insurance are all assessed regarding their impact on health related outcomes.

Moderator: Jessica Cao, University of Guelph

“Go-Slow-Whoa!:” Will Nutritional Information Influence Adolescent Food Choices and Lead to a Healthier Generation?Hope Graham, West Texas A&M University; Mallory Vestal, West Texas A&M University; Bridget Guerrero, West Texas A&M University

Adjusting Self-Assessed Health for Potential Bias Using a Random-Effects Generalized Ordered Probit ModelQingqing Yang, Washington State University; Robert Rosenman, Washington State University

Does Health Insurance Encourage Obesity? A Study of Moral HazardElizabeth Botkins, The Ohio State Univeristy

Testing Commitment Cost in Food Choices: A Non-hypothetical Choice Experiment ApproachClaudia Bazzani, University of Bologna; Vincenzina Caputo, Korea University; Rodolfo Nayga, University of Arkansas; Maurizio Canavari, University of Bologna

1070SP Energy Economics II - Gasoline and Natural Gas Price Determination and Policy ImplicationsNob Hill A, Lower B2 Level

Selected PresentationThis sessions examines what determined gasoline and natural gas prices and provides insights into policies such as optimal fuel econ-omy taxation and adopting flex-fuel technology.

Moderator: Kelly Cobourn, Virginia Tech

US Natural Gas Price Determination: Fundamentals and the Development of ShaleSeth Wiggins, West Virginia University; Xiaoli Etienne, West Virginia University

Consumer Heterogeneity and Gasoline Price Response: Implications for Optimal Fuel Economy TaxationEdson Okwelum, University of Rhode Island

Integration in Gasoline and Ethanol Markets in Brazil over Time and Space under the Flex-fuel TechnologyHector Nunez, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas; Jesús Otero, Universidad del Rosario

Price Dynamics under Structural Changes with Unknown Break Points within the North America Natural Gas Spot MarketsKannika Duangnate, Texas A&M University; James Mjelde, Texas A&M University


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1071SP Food Security III - The Role and Impact of SNAP in the USNob Hill B, Lower B2 Level

Selected PresentationThis set of papers addresses food security issues and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the largest food as-sistance program in the federal portfolio. The session will address the economic factors affecting SNAP participation as well as the economic impacts of SNAP.

Moderator: Ephraim Leibtag, USDA-Economic Research Service

Household Consumption Responses to SNAP ParticipationShaheer Burney, University of Kentucky

Consumption Smoothing through Food Sharing in SNAP HouseholdsTimothy Beatty, University of California, Davis; Xinzhe Cheng, University of California, Davis; Charlotte Tuttle, USDA-Economic Research Service

Able-bodied Adult SNAP Participation and Work IncentivesElton Mykerezi, University of Minnesota; Joel Cuffey, University of Minnesota

SNAP Eligibility and Participation Dynamics: The Roles of Policy and Economic Factors from 2004 to 2012Constance Bradshaw Newman, USDA-Economic Research Service; Erik Scherpf, USDA-Economic Research Service; Mark Prell, USDA-Economic Research Service

1072SP Food Safety I - Consumer Attitudes, Outbreak Effects, Public Disclosure, and Regulatory CostsPacific H, Fourth Level

Selected PresentationThis session focuses on food safety.

Moderator: Julie Caswell, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Examining how British Consumers’ Food Safety Attitudes Influence their Country of Origin Preferences for BeefKaren Lewis, University of Tennessee; Carola Grebitus, Arizona State University; Gregory Colson, University of Georgia; Wuyang Hu, University of Kentucky

Food Safety Performance and Public Disclosure: The Value of Information in Encouraging Improvements in Food Safety.Michael Ollinger, USDA-Economic Research Service; John Bovay, USDA-Economic Research Service; Megan Hrdlicka, Georgetown University; James Wilkus, USDA-Food Safety and Inspection Service

The Impact of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks on Farm Entry and Exit: The Case of TomatoesIoana Marasteanu, Food and Drug Administration; Travis Minor, Food and Drug Administration

Impacts of the Food Safety Modernization Act on On-Farm Produce Safety Practices in Small and Medium Size OperationsAaron Adalja, University of Maryland; Erik Lichtenberg, University of Maryland



1073SP Gender and Intrahousehold Allocation IssuesPacific I, Fourth Level

Selected PresentationPapers presented in this session investigate gender and household issues in development. The first paper looks at gender preferences for fertilizer use, while the second looks at gender preferences related to technology adoption. The third paper investigates intra-household resource allocation, while the fourth paper estimates shadow costs for fuelwood substitution.

Moderator: Sarah Janzen, Montana State University

Norms of Intrahousehold Allocation within Nuclear and Extended-Family Households in Rural Burkina FasoHarounan Kazianga, Oklahoma State University; Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent

Estimating Shadow Costs and Source Substitution for Fuelwood in Western KenyaDavid Murphy, Cornell Univeristy; Julia Berazneva, Cornell University; David Lee, Cornell University

Gender-specific Risk Preferences and Fertilizer Use in Kenyan Farming HouseholdsGanna Sheremenko, University of Georgia; Nicholas Magnan, University of Georgia

Gender and Dynamics of Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from UgandaKhushbu Mishra, The Ohio State University; Abdoul Sam, The Ohio State University; Mario Miranda, The Ohio State University

1074SP FisheriesPacific J, Fourth Level

Selected PresentationModerator: Mani Rouhi Rad, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Economic Cost of Ignoring Fishery Induced EvolutionJames Wilen, University of California, Davis; James Sanchirico, University of California, Davis; Amanda Faig, University of California, Davis; Marissa Baskett, University of California, Davis

Analyzing Implied Discount Rates from the Gulf of Mexico IFQ ProgramsAndrew Ropicki, Texas A&M University; Sherry Larkin, University of Florida

Behavioral Response of Fishers to Hypoxia and the Distributional Impact on HarvestZinnia Mukherjee, Simmons College; Kathleen Segerson, University of Connecticut

Accounting for Internal Organization and Spatial Scale in Spatial Property Rights FisheriesGabriel Sampson, University of California, Davis; James Sanchirico, University of California, Davis; James Wilen, University of California, Davis

1075SP Energy Intensity of Agricultural ProductionPacific F, Fourth Level

Selected PresentationPapers in this session examine forces influencing energy intensity of agricultural production.

Moderator: Scott Malcolm, USDA-Economic Research Service

Elasticities of Demand for Energy Inputs in Crop Production: Impact of RotationLyubov Kurkalova, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephen Randall, City of Greensboro

An Empirical Investigation of the Stanford’s “1.2 Rule” for Fertilizer RecommendationDivina Gracia Rodriguez, Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute; David Bullock, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Economic Impacts of Diversified Cropping SystemsKranti Mulik, Union of Concerned Scientists


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1076SP Water Use II - Policy TopicsSierra A, Fifth Level

Selected PresentationThis session addresses issues related to non-point source water quality concerns in agricultural and urban settings.

Moderator: Jeffrey Mullen, University of Georgia

Does Federal Crop Insurance Encourage Farm Specialization and Fertilizer and Chemical Use?Jeremy Weber, University of Pittsburgh; Nigel Key, USDA-Economic Research Service; Erik O’Donoghue, USDA-Economic Research Service

Agricultural Cost Sharing and Conservation Practices for Nutrient Reduction in the Chesapeake Bay WatershedPatrick Fleming, University of Maryland; David Newburn, University of Maryland

Prediction of the Supply of Water Quality Benefits from Cover Crops Using a Dynamic Crop Choice ModelYongjie Ji, Iowa State University; Sergey Rabotyagov, University of Washington; Adriana Valcu, Iowa State University

Optimal Stormwater Runoff Management Policy in a Dynamic SettingOlesya Savchenko, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Amy Ando, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1077SP Crop Insurance II - Managing Weather RiskSierra B, Fifth Level

Selected PresentationIndex insurance is a promising alternative to indemnity-based insurance. This session addresses current issues in weather risk and weather index insurance.

Moderator: Ashley Hungerford, USDA-Economic Research Service

Does Past Experience with Natural Disasters Affect Willingness-to-Pay for Weather Index Insurance? Evidence from ChinaXianglin Liu, The Ohio State University; Yingmei Tang, Nanjing Agricultural University; Mario Miranda, The Ohio State University

Geostatistics, Basis Risk, and Index InsuranceMichael Norton, University of California, Davis; Leslie Verteramo Chiu, Cornell University

Self-Protection from Weather Risk using Improved Maize Varieties and Off-Farm Income and the Propensity for InsuranceSebastain Awondo, University of Georgia; Octavio Ramirez, University of Georgia; Gregory Colson, University of Georgia; Genti Kostandini, University of Georgia; Esendugue Fonsah, University of Georgia

1078TS Challenges in Non-Market Valuation and Techniques to Address ThemSierra C, Fifth Level

Track Session – ENV SectionFour papers examining challenges to the accurate estimation of non-market values and exploring techniques to address them.

Organizer: Matthew Interis, Mississippi State University

Moderator: Matthew Interis, Mississippi State University

Designing Policy Incentives for Cleaner Technology: Lessons from California’s Plug-in Electric VehicleRichard Carson, University of California, San Diego; J.R. DeShazo, University of California, Los Angeles; Tamara Sheldon, University of South Carolina

A Structural Approach to Health and Environmental ValuationAllen Klaiber, The Ohio State University

Modelling Recreation Behavior of Bird Watchers with Data from a Citizen Science ProjectTrudy Cameron, University of Oregon; Sonja Kolstoe, University of Oregon

Off-Road Vehicles, Endangered Species and Beach Closures at Cape Hatteras National SeashoreRoger Von Haefen, North Carolina State University; Steven Dundas, North Carolina State University; Carol Mansfield, RTI International



Concurrent Sessions — Monday, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM1079TS Costs and Consequences of Recent Legislation Affecting Dairy and Food Safety

Sierra E, Fifth Level

Track Session – ARA/FSN SectionsThis organized session will focus on impacts related to parts of two key pieces of legislation, namely, the Dairy Title of the 2014 Farm Bill, and the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011. Specific focus will be given to how the new regulations and policies will be imple-mented, projected costs, and other implications for US farms, food processors, and other agribusiness. The potential implications of these policies on the profitability and risk of farms and smaller-scale agribusiness firms will be of particular focus.

Organizers: Marin Bozic, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Peyton Ferrier, USDA-Economic Research Service

Moderator: Martha Sullins, Colorado State University

Implementing FSMA Produce Rules: Cost Variation by Commodity and RegionJohn Bovay, USDA-Economic Research Service; Peyton Ferrier, USDA-Economic Research Service; Chen Zhen, Research Triangle Institute

Foreign Supplier Verification Requirements: FSMA’s Long Reach into International Food and Feed Markets

Kathryn Boys, North Carolina State University; Julie Caswell, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Sandra Hoffmann, USDA-Economic Research Service

The Analysis of Dairy Margin Protection Program Adoption Decisions Using Administrative Enrollment Data Marin Bozic, University of Minnesota; Fanda Yang, University of Minnesota; John Newton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Understanding Dairy Farm Financial RiskFanda Yang, University of Minnesota; John Newton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Andrew Novakovic, Cornell University; Wayne Knoblauch, Cornell University; Mark Stephenson, Cornell University

1080TS Enhancing the Applied Knowledge of Local Food Systems’ Economic Impacts: A National Research and Training EffortSierra F, Fifth Level

Track Session – CRENET SectionThis paper session will be an organized forum to present results of a national effort aimed at improving the knowledge base for modeling and interpreting results of the economic impacts of local food systems. A small but rapidly growing part of the food sup-ply, local food systems have many potential benefits for rural areas including stimulating beneficial social capital, improving the local quality of life, spurring entrepreneurship, and supporting local economic growth because of import substitution. Partly because of such opportunities, advocates have advanced local food systems without the requisite empirics or understanding best practice mea-surement tools to truly capture the resulting impacts of these initiatives.

In response to this need for understanding best practice methodology for estimating the impacts of local and regional food systems, a group of eleven researchers and practitioners from across the US was commissioned by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to construct a set of best practices modules with regard to this topic. The expectation is that this set of modules will be widely used in training efforts and applied economic outreach and research. Our goal is to enhance the knowledge base of individuals work-ing in the local foods arena thereby leading to on the ground investments and programming efforts that are better rooted in economic reality. The session will cover the key content of the modules, justification of where and how one might use the modules in professional outreach efforts, and the goals of USDA-AMS with respect to how the toolkit will guide their future grant and programming efforts.

Organizers: David Hughes, University of Tennessee; David Swenson, Iowa State University; Dawn Thilmany McFadden, Colorado State University

Moderator: Dawn Thilmany McFadden, Colorado State University

Discussant: Philip Watson, University of Idaho

Framing the Food System Policy Setting: An Overview of Project Goals and ObjectivesDawn Thilmany McFadden, Colorado State University; Alfonso Morales, University of Wisconsin

Use of Primary and Secondary Data in Evaluating Local Food SystemsDavid Conner, University of Vermont; Ken Meter, Crossroads Resource Center

Using IMPLAN as a Means of Understanding the Linkages and Contribution of Local Foods to Local EconomiesSteven Deller, University of Wisconsin; Becca Jablonski, Colorado State University

Evaluating the Opportunity Cost of Local Food Systems in a Changing Market EnvironmentDavid Hughes, University of Tennessee; David Swenson, Iowa State University; Allison Bauman, Colorado State University

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1081TS Understanding and Analyzing IRI Scanner DataSierra H, Fifth Level

Track Session – FSN/GSS SectionsGovernment agencies and academic researchers are increasingly using proprietary commercial data on point-of-sale and household food purchases. Previously, many high profile research projects conducted in collaboration with the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) relied on Nielsen Homescan household-based scanner data spanning the years 1999-2010. However, ERS has more recently begun acquiring more extensive data from IRI including household-based scanner data (Consumer Network), retail scanner data (InfoScan), detailed nutrition data at the UPC level, and health and wellness data for a subset of the households (RxPulse and MedProfiler) spanning the years 2008-2013. With the availability of these new data, it is important to understand the characteristics and statistical properties of the data because these may have important implications for interpreting analysis results. Furthermore, it is now possible to conduct more extensive analyses than in previous years. The purpose of this session is to present and discuss analy-ses examining the properties of the data and results of initial analyses. These presentations will be of great value to graduate students and to food policy researchers who would

like to gain an understanding of how the data may be used to address a broad range of research questions.

Organizer: Mary Muth, RTI International

Moderator: Carlos Carpio, Texas Tech University

Using IRI Household Data: An Application to Produce Purchasing Behavior and Health OutcomesChristiane Schroeter, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Opispo; Xiaowei Cai, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Richard Volpe, III, USDA-Economic Research Service

Do Differences in Reported Expenditures Between Commercial Household-Based Scanner Data and Government Surveys Matter in a Structural Model of Food Demand?Chen Zhen, Research Triangle Institute; Mary Muth, Research Triangle Institute; Shawn Karns, Research Triangle Institute; Derick Brown, Research Triangle Institute; Peter Siegel, Research Triangle Institute; Abigail Okrent, USDA-Economic Research Service

Product Entry and Exit: Evidence and Nutrient Content ImplicationsDavid Levin, USDA-Economic Research Service; Steve Martinez, USDA-Economic Research Service

Differences in the Estimated Value of Health Labeling Statements to Consumers between IRI and Gladson Nutrition Data: Breakfast Cereal and SoupKristen Capogrossi, Christensen Associates; Mary Muth, Research Triangle Institute; Chen Zhen, Research Triangle Institute; David Levin, USDA-Economic Research Service


1082TS Innovative Methods for Teaching Industry Skills to StudentsSierra I, Fifth Level

Track Session – TLC/AEM SectionsToday it is important that universities produce graduates that are ready to compete in a global business environment. As industries evolve and expand, students need to be able to adapt and integrate into the business as soon as possible. Agribusiness programs do a good job teaching technical skills to students, but many times it is difficult to find ways to bring “real world” decision making into the classroom. There are innovative methods for teaching critical thinking and decision-making skills to students. These can include integrating case studies and simulations into curriculum, requiring internships, using collegiate team competitions to teach, and partnering with industry professionals to enhance education. The use of innovative teaching techniques may require faculty to change their approach to classroom teaching, but it will allow you to move beyond simply teaching facts and technical skills to devel-oping students with critical thinking skills.

Specific panel discussion topics include:

• Effective use of teaching materials (case studies, presentations, etc.) to develop decision-making skills in students at both the graduate and undergraduate level.

• Integrating industry mentors into the educational process.

• Teaching entrepreneurship through developing innovative tools (collegiate pitch nights, competitions, industry partnerships) on campus.

• Developing partnerships between agribusiness faculty and college of business faculty to expand and develop student entrepre-neurship and industry skills.

• Using academic collegiate teams (AAEA, NAMA, Agricultural Innovation Prize, etc.) to develop industry skills.

Organizer: Joey Mehlhorn, University of Tennessee at Martin

Panelists: Sierra Howry, University of Wisconsin-River Falls; Joey Mehlhorn, University of Tennessee at Martin; Morgan Miles, Uni-versity of Tennessee at Martin; Rachna Tewari, University of Tennessee at Martin; James White, University of Wisconsin-River Falls

1083TS Reexamining Agricultural Commercialization in the Developing World: The Cash Versus Food Production TradeoffSierra J, Fifth Level

Track Session – International/IAAE SectionsAgricultural commercialization, in the context of household productivity and welfare, is reemerging as a topic of interest in both agricultural and applied economic research and development in general. Agricultural commercialization, based on a comparative advantage in labor intensive cash crops, is widely touted as a key step in the transition from subsistence to high-value production. As developing countries encourage households to move from growing crops for their own-use to growing crops for export markets, a closer examination of the costs and benefits from this transition is needed. There are a number of unanswered questions around how the agricultural commercialization process influences developing world households, ranging from how well these transitions actually improve household outcomes to possible heterogeneous impacts depending on household production, demographic characteristics, and supply-side constraints. These questions have become of greater importance as globalization allows developing world farmers to access larger markets, and higher prices, in recent years. Understanding the costs and benefits of transiting to export crop production systems should aid in thec design of future agricultural development projects.

Organizer: Benjamin Wood, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation

Moderator: Everett Peterson, Virginia Tech

Discussant: William Martin, World Bank

Agricultural Prices, Household Wellbeing, and Poverty Alleviation. The Role of Agricultural Supply Chains and Household Constraints in Sub Saharan AfricaNicolas Depetris Chauvin, Haute école de gestion de Genève; Guido Porto, World Bank

The Welfare Impacts of Rising Quinoa Prices: Evidence from PeruMarc Bellemare, University of Minnesota; Seth Gitter, Towson University; Johanna Fajardo-Gonzalez, University of Minnesota

Replicating Missing Markets: Rebuilding the Evaluation Brick by BrickBenjamin Wood, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; Michell Dong, World Bank


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1084TS Immigration and Agricultural LaborSierra K, Fifth Level

Track Session – LAS/Senior SectionsFarm labor in the US is made up of approximately 1.1 million workers and has been relatively stable for at least the past decade. Im-migrant labor is an important component of many, if not most, agricultural enterprises. The 2010 Population Survey estimates that in 2010, 57.2% of the agricultural hired labor force was foreign-born. Approximately 62% of those foreign employees worked in crop production, while the remainder worked in livestock. Moreover during the past decade, approximately half of the farm labor force was made up of unauthorized workers. The preponderance of unauthorized workers in the farm labor force has made immigra-tion policy a major issue for agriculture. Presentations will examine whether or not the recent slowdown in Mexico-US migration to fill farm jobs is likely to persist and how US agriculture is responding to the end of farm labor abundance. A national survey of US dairy farms will be analyzed to determine the importance of hired immigrant labor to US milk production, the effects of immigrant labor losses on US milk production and herd size, and the economic impacts on economic output, income and employment in the US dairy sector and supporting industries. Another presentation studies the determinants of urban and rural labor market discrimi-nation in Hispanics using lab experiments to better understand the causes of agricultural and non-agricultural labor market discrimi-nation in Hispanics job-seekers.

Organizers: Marco Palma, Texas A&M University; Luis Ribera, Texas A&M University

Moderator: Lurleen Walters, Mississippi State University

Border IssuesPhilip Martin, University of California, Davis; J. Edward Taylor, University of California

The Economic Impacts of Immigration on US Dairy FarmsFlynn Adcock, Texas A&M University; David Anderson, Texas A&M University; C. Parr Rosson, III, Texas A&M University

Hispanic Job-Seekers Outside the Fields: Are They Discriminated?Emiliano Lopez Barrera, North Dakota State University; Juan Murguia, North Dakota State University


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